Sondre Ulvund Solstad
@sondreus.bsky.social
@TheEconomist Senior Data Journalist &
@Harvard University @IQSS affiliate
Data/sims/models ➡️ articles++
not v active here, so best email: sondresolstad@economist.com
@Harvard University @IQSS affiliate
Data/sims/models ➡️ articles++
not v active here, so best email: sondresolstad@economist.com
Delighted to be shortlisted for specialist journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards. Congrats to all the other nominees pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed
Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards 2025, with links to all of the winning work.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Delighted to be shortlisted for specialist journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards. Congrats to all the other nominees pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Reposted by Sondre Ulvund Solstad
Delighted to share that several brilliant colleagues from @economist.com have been shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards 2025 🏆
Congratulations @matthewholehouse.bsky.social, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social and @sondreus.bsky.social!
Read the full shortlist:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Congratulations @matthewholehouse.bsky.social, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social and @sondreus.bsky.social!
Read the full shortlist:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
British Journalism Awards 2025: Finalists revealed
Press Gazette is proud to reveal the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards 2025, with links to all of the winning work.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Delighted to share that several brilliant colleagues from @economist.com have been shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards 2025 🏆
Congratulations @matthewholehouse.bsky.social, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social and @sondreus.bsky.social!
Read the full shortlist:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Congratulations @matthewholehouse.bsky.social, @duncanrobinson.bsky.social and @sondreus.bsky.social!
Read the full shortlist:
pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Russia does not appear to be winning the war on the battlefield. It is advancing only slowly, with little hope of a breakthrough and at a cost that is unsustainable in manpower and materiel. My latest on the war: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again
Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land
www.economist.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Russia does not appear to be winning the war on the battlefield. It is advancing only slowly, with little hope of a breakthrough and at a cost that is unsustainable in manpower and materiel. My latest on the war: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Our analysis of data from the front lines in Ukraine suggests Russia is suffering its heaviest losses of the conflict so far. We use satellites to track the fighting: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Russia’s summer Ukraine offensive looks like its deadliest yet
Our analysis of what it has cost both sides
www.economist.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our analysis of data from the front lines in Ukraine suggests Russia is suffering its heaviest losses of the conflict so far. We use satellites to track the fighting: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Whether a specific ceasefire will hold can be very hard to tell. But data on masses of them, researchers told me, reveal some factors that tend to be correlated with success. I had a look at 2,203 declared since 1989: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
How often do ceasefires in the Middle East work?
Donald Trump says he expects the Iran-Israel truce to last forever. Our analysis of more than 2,000 truces suggests that’s optimistic
www.economist.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Whether a specific ceasefire will hold can be very hard to tell. But data on masses of them, researchers told me, reveal some factors that tend to be correlated with success. I had a look at 2,203 declared since 1989: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
To track the Israel-Iran war, @economist.com, I think uniquely, monitors 208 strategic sites in Iran for abnormal thermal activity. It can be hard to know how much maps of confirmed strikes may miss. We find broad overlap, but not perfect. www.economist.com/interactive/...
June 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
To track the Israel-Iran war, @economist.com, I think uniquely, monitors 208 strategic sites in Iran for abnormal thermal activity. It can be hard to know how much maps of confirmed strikes may miss. We find broad overlap, but not perfect. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Russia has attacked along virtually the entire front in the past week, and especially heavily in the past few days. But essentially no shift in the front lines. www.economist.com/interactive/...
June 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Russia has attacked along virtually the entire front in the past week, and especially heavily in the past few days. But essentially no shift in the front lines. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Our cover this week is about girls. The news is good: I find that the enormous global shortfall of baby girls has seen a stunning decline. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Our cover this week is about girls. The news is good: I find that the enormous global shortfall of baby girls has seen a stunning decline. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Our poll of Ukraine is now in (N=1000). Mr Zelensky approval at >70%, very few want elections before peace. But also suggests 58% will not want Ukraine to concede territory, and that many also expect the war to end within the year ->
www.economist.com/europe/2025/... by @olliecarroll.bsky.social
www.economist.com/europe/2025/... by @olliecarroll.bsky.social
Is Zelensky a disliked dictator or a popular hero?
Our poll of Ukrainians shows a surprising shift in the president’s ratings
www.economist.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Our poll of Ukraine is now in (N=1000). Mr Zelensky approval at >70%, very few want elections before peace. But also suggests 58% will not want Ukraine to concede territory, and that many also expect the war to end within the year ->
www.economist.com/europe/2025/... by @olliecarroll.bsky.social
www.economist.com/europe/2025/... by @olliecarroll.bsky.social
In 2024, Russia seized less than half a percent of Ukrainian land at the cost of about 100,000 lives, new estimates of casualties and my calculations suggest. My take on the latest data:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
How do Ukrainian soldier fatalities compare with Russia’s?
Russia is losing more troops than its opponent. That makes it a strange time for America to force an unequal peace on Ukraine
www.economist.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In 2024, Russia seized less than half a percent of Ukrainian land at the cost of about 100,000 lives, new estimates of casualties and my calculations suggest. My take on the latest data:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Recommend this for those interested in my work or how I think about it: oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2025/02/28/t...
Turning Numbers into News: the Economist’s Sondre Solstad on Data Journalism and Mapping the Ukraine War | Oxford Political Review
February 28, 2025 | OPR sits down with Dr Sondre Ulvund Solstad, a senior data journalist at the Economist.
oxfordpoliticalreview.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Recommend this for those interested in my work or how I think about it: oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2025/02/28/t...
The impact of the latest round of tariffs on US imports from China depends on what the alternatives are. If you thought most of these imported goods are easy to get from elsewhere, I'd think again
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Which goods are most vulnerable to American tariffs on China?
Our number-crunching shows which trade flows could be hard to replace
www.economist.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The impact of the latest round of tariffs on US imports from China depends on what the alternatives are. If you thought most of these imported goods are easy to get from elsewhere, I'd think again
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
What makes ceasefires, such as the one between Israel and Hamas, more likely to succeed? The experts I talked to and data from 2000+ recent halts in fighting suggest monitoring, politics and a strong start are key:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What makes ceasefires, such as the one between Israel and Hamas, more likely to succeed? The experts I talked to and data from 2000+ recent halts in fighting suggest monitoring, politics and a strong start are key:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
It is the season for giving in many countries. I had a look at what the data can and cannot tell about doing good well: www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The search for the world’s most efficient charities
What the data say about doing good well
www.economist.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:11 PM
It is the season for giving in many countries. I had a look at what the data can and cannot tell about doing good well: www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Context re events in South Korea (Yoon Suk-Yeol at ~15% per
latest Morning Consult data) pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/glo...
latest Morning Consult data) pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/glo...
December 3, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Context re events in South Korea (Yoon Suk-Yeol at ~15% per
latest Morning Consult data) pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/glo...
latest Morning Consult data) pro.morningconsult.com/trackers/glo...
How many Ukrainian soldiers have died defending the country? I collected all the data I could find, and found that this suggests the answer is at a minimum 60k, but probably many more. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
How many Ukrainian soldiers have died?
Three charts show the country’s losses
www.economist.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:55 AM
How many Ukrainian soldiers have died defending the country? I collected all the data I could find, and found that this suggests the answer is at a minimum 60k, but probably many more. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
What does Elon Musk's online activity reveal about him? Going through nearly 40,000 posts over the past decade, and the policies implied or suggested in them, @ainsliejstone.bsky.social and I found a changed man
November 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
What does Elon Musk's online activity reveal about him? Going through nearly 40,000 posts over the past decade, and the policies implied or suggested in them, @ainsliejstone.bsky.social and I found a changed man
What would it cost to end coal power, and what would be gained? I used data on all known coal power plants (present and future), co2-reabsorption modelling and much more to get an answer www.economist.com/interactive/...
What would it cost to kill coal?
The price of shutting down coal power, and what would be gained
www.economist.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:05 AM
What would it cost to end coal power, and what would be gained? I used data on all known coal power plants (present and future), co2-reabsorption modelling and much more to get an answer www.economist.com/interactive/...
Hello again world. Will try to post here sometimes. Next: what it would cost to end coal.
November 21, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Hello again world. Will try to post here sometimes. Next: what it would cost to end coal.